Temple of Heaven 
Temple of Heaven lies to the east of the crossover at Tiantan Road, Chongwen District. Constructed in 1420, the 18th year of Yongle Period in the Ming Dynasty, it was originally a place for worshiping Heaven and praying for good harvest, and is now the largest complex of imperial altars preserved in China. The total area of the temple is 2,700,000 square meters, four times larger than the Forbidden City. The layout of this temple is in a shape of the Chinese character "[w]". Two walls, respectively 6,416 meters and 3,292 meters long, separate the temple into an outer court and an inner court. The south wall is rectangular, and stands for the Earth; while the north wall is semicircular, and symbolizes the Heaven, in accordance with the belief of "lofty heaven and humble earth" and "round heaven above square earth".
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